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tatertop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:52 PM
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More Torture in Occupied Afghanistan
It's widely accepted that the torture at Abu Ghraib, combined with U.S. troops' rough and intimidating treatment of civilians on streets and in their homes, motivates Iraqis to join, fund and provide logistical support to a growing resistance movement. Now we know that the same thing is going on in Afghanistan. When will American public opinion catch up with reality?

Both wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, are equally unjustifiable, illegal, corrupt and unwinnable. Both make us less humane and less safe. Anti-Iraq War liberals who have given the Administration a free pass on Afghanistan have merely encouraged more abuse. "For some reason," a senior Bush official marvels to the Times, "people did not have a problem with Bagram. It was in Afghanistan."
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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 12:58 PM
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1. Google Dilawar Palestinian Hanging and you will find out more
about Baghram than you'll ever want to know. Certainly more than Senator John Warner will ever want you to know.
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tatertop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 01:06 PM
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2. Don't know how I missed that one. What an ugly country we are.
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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-02-06 02:45 PM
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3. It isn't that I want to remember these things - I just can't. Thanks
for posting.
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